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Proceedings of SerbiaTrib '13

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onze, which is embedded within the matrixmaterial and impart additional strength to thecomposite. The applied load has shown moreinfluence on the wear behaviour <strong>of</strong> PTFE and PTFEcomposite than the sliding speed.In addition, it could be interested to present adiagram that shows dependence <strong>of</strong> specific wearrate on wt. % <strong>of</strong> filler materials (Figure 11) [12].Although there are filler materials which are notsubject <strong>of</strong> this paper, it might be interesting tocompare specific wear rate for different polymercomposites.Figure 8. Variation <strong>of</strong> coefficient <strong>of</strong> friction with slidingdistance (normal load: 50 N; sliding speed: 1.5 m/s)Figure 11. Specific wear rate vs. wt. % <strong>of</strong> filler materialfor various polymer composites(FEP – fluorinated ethylene propylene; PA6 – polyamide6; HDPE – high-density polyethylene; PA11 –polyamide 11; GF – glass fibre; PEEK – polyether etherketone; CNT – carbon nanotube)4. CONCLUSIONFigure 9. Variation <strong>of</strong> coefficient <strong>of</strong> friction withapplied load and sliding speed for PTFE andPTFE + 60 % bronze compositeIn this review paper, the tribological behaviour<strong>of</strong> PTFE composites, filled with glass fibres,graphite flakes, carbon, bronze or combination <strong>of</strong>mentioned filler materials has been analysed.It is noticed that coefficient <strong>of</strong> friction usuallyremains in the range from 0.1 to 0.3. When purePTFE is compared with PTFE composites, there isonly slight decrease in coefficient <strong>of</strong> friction withalmost all analysed composites.On the other hand, regarding to wear <strong>of</strong> purePTFE and its composites, influence <strong>of</strong> fillermaterials is quiet significant. Presence <strong>of</strong> fillermaterial can increase wear resistance (decreasewear) up to 2 to 3 orders <strong>of</strong> magnitude. However, itcan be concluded that the best results, regarding towear resistance, were obtained by PTFE + bronzecomposites. Nevertheless, if we compare it to theother composites, that difference is not thatsignificant, i.e. similar wear resistance can beobtained with appropriate amount <strong>of</strong> othermentioned filler materials.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTFigure 10. Variation <strong>of</strong> specific wear rate with appliedload and sliding speed for PTFE and PTFE compositesThis work has been performed within theprojects TR 35021, TR 34028 and TR 35011. Theseprojects are supported by the Republic <strong>of</strong> Serbia,Ministry <strong>of</strong> Education, Science and TechnologicalDevelopment, whose financial help is gratefullyacknowledged.13 th International Conference on Tribology – Serbiatrib’13 139

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